Figure 1.--In Germany it is an old tradition for teen girls and boys of the middle and upper class to attend a dancing school in winter. You learn the classical dances (waltz, fox, rumba, tango, boogie-woogie etc) and modern dances whatever is just en vogue. I include a picture of my „Abschlußball“ in February 1952, we were 17 years old. On Sunday afternoon, the dancing school usually offers an open dancing where former pupils may learn more figures.

A German reader tells us, "In Germany it is an old tradition for teen girls and boys of the middle and upper class to attend a dancing school in winter. You find them in all bigger towns, even more than one. Usually you do it with your classmates with about 15 to 18 years of age, the boys one year elder than the girls, a group of 20 to 30 of each gender. The lessons are once a week in the early evening for 2 hours in the rooms of the school or in another appropriate environments. You learn the classical dances (waltz, fox, rumba, tango, boogie-woogie etc) and modern dances whatever is just en vogue. The most important event is the „Abschlußball“ at the end with a life band and parents invited. I include a picture of my „Abschlußball“ in February 1952, we were 17 years old. On Sunday afternoon, the dancing school usually offers an open dancing where former pupils may learn more figures. Adults may attend a dancing class in late evenings. Folks dancing (polka, laendler etc.) may also be learned, more in villages and with interested groups, organised in traditional associations very often in combination with a folks music band."